Republicans

“I’ve seen the director of the FBI repeatedly assure the American people that the FBI were not the instigators of the riot that occurred on January 6. And frankly I’m very grateful for the efforts of the FBI to bring nearly a thousand people to justice who ransacked our Capitol and did violence against police officers that day. I believe …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday pushed back against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)’s claim she considered signing an amicus brief on overturning the 2020 election results, noting she was only in communication with Johnson about the brief. In an interview that aired earlier Sunday with CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Johnson told moderator Margaret Brennan he …

The Daily Beast reports: On Saturday night, three years to the day after supporters of Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol building, election objecting Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is the subject of an active police investigation into an alleged physical altercation with her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, at a restaurant in her district Saturday night. According to the aide, on Saturday, …

Mediaite reports: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) would not commit to certifying the results of the 2024 election in a stunning NBC interview on Sunday. NBC anchor Kristen Welker put the question directly to the New York congresswoman during a tense showdown on Meet the Press. “Would you vote to certify, and will you vote to certify the results of the …

The Messenger reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., walked a fine line between criticizing and defending language by former President Donald Trump attacking immigrants for “poisoning the blood” of the nation. Johnson, who prides himself on being a devout Christian, told “Face the Nation” news host Margaret Brennan on CBS in an interview Sunday that Trump’s invective is not “language …

NBC News reports: A top Republican official in Missouri is threatening to remove President Joe Biden from appearing on the ballot as retaliation for the determination in two other states that Donald Trump doesn’t qualify because he “engaged in insurrection.” “What has happened in Colorado & Maine is disgraceful & undermines our republic,” Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote …

The Detroit News reports: A group of Michigan Republicans voted Saturday afternoon in Oakland County to remove Kristina Karamo as chairwoman of the party, but Karamo has said she won’t recognize their meeting. A video from inside the meeting, which wasn’t open to the media, showed the Republicans who had gathered cheering once it was announced that Karamo had been …

Mediaite reports: On Saturday, three years to the day after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol because they had been convinced by Trump that the election was stolen, Ramaswamy posted to X: “Happy Entrapment Day.” In his 2022 book Nation of Victims, Ramaswamy tore into Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the consequences of …

“This was [the Iowa shooter] somebody who was really hopped up on this gender ideology and you saw it in the profile, you know, the media doesn’t want to talk a lot about that because it doesn’t fit their narrative. “Unfortunately, what you find through all this is like, I mean, the left will use some of this mental health …

Bridge Michigan reports: The Michigan Republican Party, under embattled Chair Kristina Karamo, is considering a plan that would effectively end primary elections by authorizing party insiders to select nominees for most political offices. The “Better Political Representation” motion, slated for a potential state committee vote at a Jan. 13 meeting called by Karamo, was announced Saturday in a video that …

NBC News reports: Dramatic, newly released video shot by a Jan. 6 rioter shows the confrontation between two Republican members of Congress and Capitol rioters trying to breach the main door into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives. The videos show rioters staring down the barrels of guns through broken glass as they tried to force their way …

Axios reports: Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has invited President Biden to deliver the State of the Union address on March 7, days after Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states will hold nominating contests. It’s a month later than last year’s Feb. 7 State of the Union and is set to follow two critical government shutdown deadlines. “In this …

Florida Politics reports: Legislation filed late Friday would prohibit minors in Florida from having social media accounts. Fiona McFarland, a Sarasota Republican, filed the legislation (HB 1). Of note, the designation of HB 1 is normally held for priority legislation for House leadership. As written, the bill would require tech companies to enact reasonable age verification methods, prevent anyone under …

The Messenger reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was fined $12,000 after the Federal Election Commission determined she illegally fundraised for the Stop Socialism Now PAC, which is aligned with Greene, according to a conciliation agreement made public Friday. The fine was levied over online ads for the super PAC in which Greene asks for donations to finance the Georgia …

Florida Politics reports: During an interview on The Big Show on KCPS, the Governor pointed to Colorado as an illustration of how legalized cannabis in that early adopter state didn’t destroy the illegal market for the product. Last month on the trail, he suggested that patients in Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program use medical conditions as a “pretext” for getting high. …

The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump works his endorsements through both fear and favor, happily cajoling fellow politicians by phone while firing off ominous social media posts about those who don’t fall in line quickly enough. In October, he felled a top candidate for House speaker, Representative Tom Emmer, by posting that voting for him “would be a tragic …

Politico reports: Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has told multiple people he would withdraw the U.S. from NATO as president, the furthest anyone vying for the Oval Office has gone on the idea of ending America’s role in the alliance. The remarks made to different groups experts and supporters, detailed to POLITICO by three people familiar with his comments, signal NATO’s …

CNN reports: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will undergo a stem cell transplant, his office announced on Friday, which is expected to keep him out of Washington and working remotely until February. In April 2023, the Louisiana Republican announced that he had been diagnosed with a form of blood cancer and had started treatment. “Last month, Leader Scalise successfully completed …

Multiple political sources on Twitter are reporting that Colorado GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn will not seek reelection, with one reporter quoting him as saying, “I’m not getting any younger.” Now in his ninth term, Lamborn has a 0% rating on LGBTQ issues from the Human Rights Campaign. In December 2020, Lamborn was among the 126 House Republicans who signed onto …

Click On Detroit reports: Members of the Michigan Republican Party are scheduled to meet this weekend in an attempt to remove party Chairwoman Kristina Karamo as a major election year gets underway. The move to oust Karamo, an election conspiracist who pushed former President Donald Trump’s “big lie” of election fraud, comes less than a year after she was selected …